I believe that Google is one of the best big companies to work at. They do a great job of building an amazing culture and they really care about their employees. It’s very impressive how they’ve been able to maintain a small company feel, in terms of speed and agility, by keeping the teams small and breaking up the company into several parts. Culture is hard to define in a company, but if everyone seems to have something in common, has the same goals, and functions as one unit, they probably … [Read more...]
6 Tips to Develop a Winning Execution Plan
Whether you are launching a new business or implementing a new sales plan, a 90-day execution plan that details what needs to be done week by week and by whom provides a structure that delivers successful results. This post is essentially the “deep dive” into how you are going to deliver on the plan. Why 90-days? It’s important to allow enough time to deliver a successful project, keep the team focused, allow for unexpected challenges to be resolved and time to pivot all while having a clear … [Read more...]
How to Boost Your Productivity With the Paper Notes Hack
Do you get easily distracted? I certainly do. I‘m always googling random things and taking notes every time I have an idea. Which is often. However, as a startup founder, it’s important for me to maximize the time I spend focusing on important tasks. Writing articles, working on our website, and creating product pitches all require uninterrupted deep work. Context switching does not help productivity. My challenge has been to tame my 'monkey mind'. Paper Notes Hack This is when I stumbled … [Read more...]
How Short Term Results Obsession Damages Business Productivity
The heat is turned up, the pressure is building, the board or your boss is pushing for action. For many of us the last economic down turn was a memorable struggle that tested our short term vs long term priorities. Do the values on the wall of the corporate headquarters really matter? Do those speeches during orientation or at the annual staff gathering really count? There is usually a big gap between the short term, not exactly values driven solutions and the long term goals. The short … [Read more...]
How to Use Internal Communication to Boost your Team’s Productivity
Know what causes the most damage to a team’s productivity? Bad communication. Communication within an organization is often a battle. A war that ends up with missed targets, overworked and dissatisfied employees and frustrated bosses. Employees have little clarity about what the top bosses are trying to achieve. What does my company really expect from me? How does my contribution tie in with the big picture? What do I have to do to grow in the organization? Bosses are frustrated that their … [Read more...]
Scaling Up Your Business: 33 Leaders on the Biggest Mistakes to Avoid
Scaling up a business is a very different ball game from starting a business. A new level brings with it numerous challenges. If you get it wrong, you will either lose a lot of money, or worse - you might even have to shut down. The best way to avoid some of these mistakes is to listen to leaders who have successfully scaled up and learn from them. To know more about what mistakes one should avoid, we reached out to several leaders who have built and/or grown successful businesses. We asked … [Read more...]
5 Powerful Productivity Hacks for Entrepreneurs
Dmitry Dragilev is the founder of JustReachOut - a PR tool which currently helps 2000+ entrepreneurs and startups reach out to journalists and get press coverage daily all on their own without the help of PR firms. As an entrepreneur, you probably think more about traction and growth than anything else. However, these is another element that's equally important to your success - your productivity. Entrepreneurs have no shortage of ideas and opportunities but most of them fall … [Read more...]
About Time: Benefits of Tracking Time and How to do it Effectively
We’ve all had those days where minutes quickly turn into hours and yet your work stays on your desk - undone and waiting for the next day. So what’s really happening to your day? Many people don’t realize how much time they’re frittering away on a daily basis. That's because they really have no idea how they are spending the hours, minutes and seconds in each day. What's the solution? Time tracking. Tracking your time need not be a major ordeal. You can start on a small scale—say, just for … [Read more...]
A Weird, yet Powerful Productivity Approach from Jurassic Park
Have you seen the classic movie – Jurassic Park? A wildlife amusement park, created to be structured and safe, suddenly turns chaotic and dangerous for the visitors due to small unrelated and unpredictable incidents. Does your productivity suffer the same eventuality? Mine certainly does! I will start the day with great intentions of working through my to-do list. But before you know it, some tiny unplanned event will crop up, like a phone call (I don’t avoid) or the urge to finish laundry … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Use Social Media Productively
Do you think social media is essential for your business? According to Hubspot Statistics, over 90% of the marketers believe so. Needless to say, having a social media strategy is a must for every business or brand looking to grow and expand. What’s important is to leverage the power of social media productively. By that I mean maximizing the output you get and minimizing the time you spend on Social Media. Social Media Marketing can do wonders for your company, as Jayson DeMers outlines in … [Read more...]
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